Editing Paul McGuinness (section)

==Early life==
McGuinness was born in a British military hospital at [[Rinteln]], [[Westphalia]] in [[Germany]], where his father, Philip McGuinness (a [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]]) was serving with the [[Royal Air Force]]. His mother Sheila McGuinness née Lyne, was a schoolteacher from [[County Kerry]], Ireland. There were three children in the family: Paul, Niall, and Katy.

McGuinness received his early formal education in Ireland at the private [[Jesuit]] boarding school [[Clongowes Wood College]]. From there he went on to [[Trinity College Dublin]], where he directed plays, edited the magazine [[T.C.D. Miscellany]], and promoted gigs,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i942y2-5kZoC&pg=PT100 |title=Trinity Tales: Trinity College Dublin in the Seventies – Kathy Gilfillan – Google Books |last=Daniel Reardon |year=2013 |publisher=Lilliput Press |isbn=9781843513018 |access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref> but dropped out without a degree.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/former-u2-manager-paul-mcguinness-cracking-crime-on-the-c%C3%B4te-d-azur-1.2237369|title=Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d'Azur|last=Marlowe|first=Lara|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref>